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1900 In Rail Transport
Events January events * January 1 – The Pere Marquette Railroad is incorporated and created from the merger of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railway, Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad and Chicago and West Michigan Railway. * January 9 – The first through passenger train goes from Cairo to Khartoum. February events * February 12 – The Escanaba and Lake Superior Railway (1898–1901), Escanaba and Lake Superior Railway is reorganized through bankruptcy proceedings as the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad. * February 27 – The Nehru Setu railway bridge opens, becoming the longest bridge in India. March events * March 17 – Great Eastern Railway of England introduces the first GER Class S46, Class S46 ''Claud Hamilton'' 4-4-0 steam locomotive from its Stratford Works. * March 24 – List of mayors of New York City, Mayor of New York Robert Anderson Van Wyck, Robert A. Van Wyck turns the first shovel of dirt in groundbreaking ceremonies for the first Rapid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rallare
''Rail Workers'' (Swedish: ''Rallare'') is a 1947 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Victor Sjöström, John Elfström and Gunnel Broström.McIlroy p.71 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall. It is based on the 1946 novel ''Nordanvind'' by Olle Länsberg. Synopsis In 1902 a team of navvies work on the construction of a Iron Ore Line, new railway line from Luleå on the Gulf of Bothnia in Union between Sweden and Norway, Northern Sweden to Narvik on the Norwegian Sea, then under Union between Sweden and Norway, Swedish sovereignty. Valfrid, from Southern Sweden, is ostracised by the other workers and their informal leader Stora Ballong. Cast * Victor Sjöström as Stora Ballong * John Elfström as Valfrid Andersson * Gunnel Broström as Viktoria * Åke Grönberg as Calle-Ville * Inga Landgré as Hildur * Sven Magnusson as Dynamiten * Ingrid Borthen as Svarta Björn * Bengt Eklun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |